The board of Ripon City Golf Club is looking into the possibility of buying land it currently leases at the Palace Road course, after half of the site was put up for sale.
The land, where nine of the holes at the 18-hole course are located, is owned by the Church Commissioners.
It is being marketed by property agents Savills, which described the land as:
“Part of the Ripon City Golf Club course, strategically positioned on the northern fringe of Ripon and adjacent to Palace Road, sold subject to lease expiring in 2048.”
A guide price of £375,000 has been given for those interested in purchasing the freehold and in response to this, the club board has issued a brief statement, which said:
“The board are actively investigating the possibilities of purchasing the land, further details will be made available to the press in due course.”
Ripon City Golf Club, was founded in 1908, when it had a nine-hole course on the 53.7 acres owned by the Church Commissioners.
The club celebrated its centenary in 2008, 10 years after signing a new 50-year lease for the land, which restricts its use to ‘golf course and ancillary uses associated thereof’.
In the late 1980s, the club purchased adjacent farmland, which enabled the creation of the additional nine holes that made it an 18-hole course.
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A Ripon cricketer who opened the bowling for Yorkshire with Fred Trueman has died on his 81st birthday.
John Waring was taken ill on Saturday morning while playing golf at Ripon City Golf Club. He died at Harrogate District Hospital the following morning — his 81st birthday.
Fast-medium pace bowler John played 29 first-class matches for Yorkshire from 1963 to 1966. He took 55 wickets at an average of 22.74.
The highlight of his career came in the championship-winning season of 1966 when he returned incredible match figures of 10 wickets for 63 runs in a Roses fixture against Lancashire, out-performing even the great Trueman.
John made one appearance for Warwickshire and later played minor counties cricket for Cumberland and was the club professional at Darlington. He also played for Leeds, Harrogate, Scarborough and Bingley.
A talented golfer, he was the youngest ever captain at Ripon City Golf Club and later became club president. He was also president of the Harrogate and District Union of Golf Clubs.
John married Jean in 1964 and they lived in Scarborough before moving to Dishforth in 1972.
He is survived by Jean and their son Jonathan, who lives in Thirsk with wife Zoe.
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